Metallic well-bucket.



F. ZI EGEL.

METALLIC WELL BUOKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1911.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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FRED ZIEGEL, OF BROOKI-IAVEN, MISSISSIPIPITLQSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OSCAR HENRY HARTMAN, 0F BROOKI-IAVEN, MISSISSIPPI.

METALLIC WELL-BUCKET.

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Application filed September 12, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED ZIEGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookhaven, in the county of Lincoln and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVletallic VVell-Buckets, of which the following is. a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in metallic well buckets.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a well bucket with a bail or handle having a swiveled rope securing loop attached thereto, the said loop adapted to prevent the twisting of the well rope, and consequently adding to the life of the said rope.

In the ordinary construction of well buckets, a handle, generally comprising a loop of metal, is employed. In this instance the revolving of the bucket when being drawn upwardly within the well or being allowed to descend twists the rope and as a consequence the rope thus subjected to wear is quickly severed from the bail and the bucket drops by gravity into the well, causing a great inconvenience in recovering the same.

It is the primary object of the invention to obviate the above recited objections by providing the bail 01' handle of the bucket with simple means comprising a swivel whereby the above recited objection is effectively overcome,

I also aim to provide a metallic well bucket with concave steel bands'which serve as a reinforcement for the top and bottom of the said bucket, it being understood also that the bands may be positioned elsewhere upon the bucket, the said bucket being provided with a wooden bottom which is of course adapted to swell to a great degree, the said swelling causing the body seam of the bucket to break. In most instances a solid band is arranged upon the bucket and surrounds the wooden bottom. In this instance the swelling of the bottom will cause the same to warp, thus leaving an uneven surface for the valve and as a consequence the bucket is rendered leaky and therefore useless. The concave steel bands also provide for the protection of the bucket as the same receive the force of contact with the walls of the well when the bucket swings toward the said walls.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

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Serial No. 648,856.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of a bucket constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central, vertical, transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the upper portion of the handle or bail with the improved swivel or loop secured thereon.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a metallic bucket. This bucket is constructed of a single sheet of suitable metal, and has its edges lapped and joined together in the usual manner. The bucket is circular in cross section and the said bucket, in the showing of the drawings, has both its upper and its lower edges provided with reinforcing bands. 2 and 3, the latter being concave or substantially U- shaped in cross section. The upper edge of the bucket 1 is bent outwardly to provide a continuous lip, and the said lip is adapted to receive the upper edge of the upper reinforcing band 2. The bands 2 and 3 have their edges contacted with the outer surface of the bucket with sufficient friction to effectively sustain the said bands upon the bucket, but, the hands when subjected to contact with obstacles, will give laterally Without indenting or injuring the said bucket, and after the said obstacles pass the bands will resume their normal shape.

he lower extremity of the bucket is provided with a wooden bottom l, the same having a centrally arranged preferably annular opening 5. The bottom 4. is flared outwardly from the central opening 5 toward its connection with the bottom of the bucket, so as to provide a substantially cone-shaped opening which is adapted to direct the pin within the well house toward the central reduced opening 5.

The numeral. 6 designates a valve for the This valve comprises essentially a leather strap 7 which has its under face provided with an abutment member 8 and.

which has one of its ends reinforced through the medium of a cross sectional U-shaped metallic member which is secured to the top of the bottom 4 and which serves as a hinged Patented Oct. '3, 1913.

joint for the leather valve 7 The abutment member 8 is arranged centrally of the opening 5, and the said abutment member is adapted to receive the contact of the valve opening 5, thus greatly adding to the life of the valve 7.

The numeral 10 designates a weighted member which is adapted to force the valve '7 tightly upon the face of the bottom 4 so as to normally close the opening 5.

The wooden bottom 1 is of course susceptible to swelling under the influence of the water within which it is immersed, and it will be readily noted that by arranging the band 3 around the bucket and the said bottom-lthe concaveband will permit of a suflicient amount of expansion of the bottom to allow the upper face of the same to at all times remain horizontally straight and to permit of. the proper action of the valve upon the said bottom. It will be thus seen that the concave ring performs an important function as should a solid and non-expansible bottom be employed the swelling of the bottom t would cause the same to kink and thus the valve would not entirely close the opening so that the water would at all times escape. If no band were employed the expansion of the bottom 4: would cause the body seam of the bucket to break and it may be here stated that in the manufacture of said buckets the same is of a width sufficient to permit of a certain expansion of the bucket, especially at the lower portion thereof, and the said seam is so arranged that even under this expansion the bucket re mains water tight.

The numeral 11 designates the bail of the bucket. This bail is constructed of a single piece of suitable wire and has both of its extremities bent to provide hooks 12 and 13 which enter suitable openings provided in the upper ring of the bucket as well as in the bucket itself. The central port-ion of the bail 11 is coiled upon itself to provide an eye which when the bail is in its raised position, is arranged in a substantially horizontal plane. This eye 14: is adapted to receive the reduced parallel arms 15 of a loop 16, the said arms below the eye 14: being bent in opposite directions to prevent the arms from passing through the eye in one direction, while the loop is of a greater diameter than thatof the eye so that the passage of the loop through the eye is obviated. Surrounding the arms 15 and contacting the oppositely arranged off-set ends thereof is a washer 17. By this arrangement it will be noted that the arms of the loop may readily revolve within the eye and the rope, which is adapted to be attached to the loop, cannot become twisted.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus fully described the said invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with a bucket or the like, of a handle constructed of a single strip of wire, said wire having its ends bent to provide hooks and the wire being centrally bent to provide an eye, a loop, said loop being constructed of a single strand of wire, the loop being provided with extending parallel arms which project throughthe eye, the said arms having their extremities bent in opposite directions, and a washer surroundin the arms and arranged between the eye and the oppositely inclined portion of the said arms.

2. A metallic well bucket having an open top and a bottom, the top being provided with a continuous outturned lip, metallic bands surrounding the bottom, one of said metallic bands having one of its edges received within the lip, a handle comprising a bail passing through openings in this band and through openings within the bucket, a wooden bottom for the bucket, and one of said bands being arranged upon the bucket to surround the portion of thebucket provided with a wooden bottom, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A metallic bucket comprising a cylinder having open ends having one of its edges outturned to provide a continuous lip the lower edge of which being spaced from the bottom and a valve expansible bottom for the lower open end of the bucket, bands which are concavo-convex in cross section, one of which being arranged upon the buckets to surround its valve bottom, the second of which being received within but extending beyond the lip of the bucket and contacting with both the lip and bucket, the last mentioned bands and buckets being provided with diametrically oppositely disposed registering openings, a handle comprising a bail having inturned ends passing through the openings and adapted to sustain the hand against displacement within the lip.

. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED ZIEGEL.

Witnesses C. M. HIoDoN, W. A. R. WALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

